Document versioning in Moodle 4

Document versioning in Moodle 4

由kerry Crawford發表於
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Hi there,

Is document versioning possible in Moodle? By this I mean can you:

1. Upload a document - say a course syllabus or reading.

2. Replace that document with a new version, but retain the old version. And display only the newest version to the user (so the past version is hidden from the user but visible to admins).

3. See upload details of both versions and access a downloadable version of both documents. 

I am wondering this in relation to the following, showing as activities on the course page:

  • One document
  • A document within a folder containing multiple documents

Many thanks for any explanation you can provide on how this works.

Kerry

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Re: Document versioning in Moodle 4

由Visvanath Ratnaweera發表於
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What is the format of those documents? If text files, consider a versioning system like Git. If Microsoft DOCS, LibreOffice ODT, Goodle Docs something, etc., then check in relevant forums. If some sort of a HTML, then the closest thing Moodle offers is the standard https://docs.moodle.org/en/Wiki_activity.
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Re: Document versioning in Moodle 4

由kerry Crawford發表於

We are considering moving to Moodle from ILIAS. But ILIAS has a very clear versioning system. It sounds like Moodle does not?



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Re: Document versioning in Moodle 4

由Visvanath Ratnaweera發表於
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So, by "documents" you mean files? I made a short visit to ILIAS over a decade ago, can't remember the details. But ILIAS, or the way you use it, seems to be heavily file-based. Moodle by design is highly interactive - it is two-way or even three-way (counting peer interaction). So the weight is on interactive content they call https://docs.moodle.org/en/Activities. Simple file uploads are frowned upon as "clothes lines". If your application centers on files, you need to look at a different software category called document management systems.

But may be you're lucky. See whether you'll find a usable additional plug-in in the plug-in database: https://moodle.org/plugins/?q=document%20management.
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